CVE-2018-20341 Privilege escalation in n/a
An attacker can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges by exploiting an unquoted service path in WINMAGIC SecureDoc Disk Encryption software.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-20341?
CVE-2018-20341 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Apr 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
WINMAGIC SecureDoc Disk Encryption software before 8.3 has an Unquoted Service Path vulnerability, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a target system. If the executable is enclosed in quote tags "" then the system will know where to find it. However if the path of where the application binary is located doesn't contain any quotes then Windows will try to find it and execute it inside every folder of this path until they reach the executable.
Weakness: CWE-428
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-20341?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Winmagic Securedoc Disk Encryption.
How do I fix CVE-2018-20341?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-20341 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-20341 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-20341 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c5fj-4hxw-mxfm.